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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/26 ;
Abstract
A constant velocity joint of a tripod type comprising a housing formed with three recesses having first and second guide grooves each extending axially in the housing, a tripod comprising trunnions with a bearing assembly having an inner roller and an outer roller in a rolling contact relationship and the first and second guide grooves formed such that the outer roller is tightly pressed on the first guide groove when a rotating force is transmitted, and that the axis of each of the trunnions is displaced from a parallel relationship with the flat bottom face of the first guide groove when the outer roller is pressed thereon with the joint angle kept zero.